Mar 23
Today
we are in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, we are thankful for
the wonderful lives he gave us on earth and our eternal lives in
Heaven. May you all have a blessed Easter!
Mar 22
4 Months Old!
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Saturday Mar 22, 2008 Under Andrew
Drew is 4 months old today! And yes, we weighed him and measured him. He’s up to 15 lbs 4 oz and is 24 inches
long. He’s now into his 3-6 month clothing, yet some 0-3 pants still
fit or things that run big. We are getting good use out of his clothing
– which is good because he’s already got a lot!
He’s doing great
with sleeping. As a matter of fact he went from 9:30pm to 5:30am
straight last night and barely woke up for a quick feed and back to
sleep til 8:30am. So I figure that’s pretty good! We don’t really stay
up when he eats in the middle of the night anyway- I know 5:30am is not
the middle of the night for some people but in my book it is! haha.
Naps
he’s getting pretty good about, I often feed him, lay him in the crib
sometimes he plays and falls asleep- sometimes cries for a couple
minutes and then sleeps but either way he does well. And well the
carseat and a car ride are always a great for putting him to sleep too!
He
still cries like there’s no tomorrow if he’s hungry, and he does get
bored and antsy at times, but overall he’s pretty good. He is not
rolling over quite yet, but he’s like his sister was about that, he
never wants to lay down so it’s not like he has time to practice. Like
Mary Elizabeth, he wants to sit up or stand and be a big-boy. He likes
his bumbo and will sit in
it and look around. His head control is really great, as it has been
all along. And he really sits up well and when laying down or back a
little attemps to pull himself up. Drew has gotten into his toys and is
putting everything in his mouth and drooling some so maybe early signs
of teething. He is babbling away and likes to get really loud so we all
can hear him. He really loves his sister and watches everything she
does. He’s very inquisitive and studies things… a bit like his father
maybe. 😉
I definitely have to watch it with the tv, he will go to
great lengths to watch it- such a man! haha, so we try to keep it off a
lot around him as to not make him an addict. But once in a while will
let him watch praise baby during some desperate times.
All in all he’s doing great and we look forward to his 4 month check up
on Wednesday, probably going to get the go ahead on starting with rice
cereal. Stay tuned to see how he likes it!
Mar 17
Ok so they only have a little bit of Irish in them… but still
nonetheless they are a bit Irish. Though ME is on the mend and still
swollen we were able to get some cute shots anyway…
Hope you all had a good day!
Mar 13
Post-Surgery Update
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Thursday Mar 13, 2008 Under Mary ElizabethMary Elizabeth’s surgery went well. She was in amazingly good spirits afterwards, so thanks for the prayers. She was sleeping on and off and in between she’d sit up and color, watch one of her favorite movies (The Sound of Music) and whatnot. It is also pretty great that she tollerated and listened to us about keeping the wires on her and all that. She was very good about everything.
Before surgery started, she did have a rough time in the OR, she seemed a bit scared and felt threatened, even though I brought her in she sorta fought off the nurses and didn’t want to be there- do you blame her? I bet it is overwhleming at her age- not really knowing what’s going on and feeling a bit nervous about her surroundings. But she did ok and I am thankful I can be there with her until she is asleep from the medication.
As far as how she is doing now- she’s still being a trooper and remaining happy through it all. She is a bit uncomfortable as you can imagine- so tylenol/motrin really helps. Her face is quite swollen as we knew it would be, but we are still praying the swelling resolves quicker than last time because it’s really hard. Her whole face and her mouth/tongue etc ballooned up- so things like talking and eating are hard to do right now and that’s a challenge as she wants to eat and talk- it’s frustrating for her.
We will go for a follow up visit with the Dr in 2 months. Last time it took about 4-5 weeks for the swelling to come down and we didn’t see any results for about 8 weeks, and some results even came after that. So we have to be a patient, and like many people- being patient is a hard thing to be.
After the follow up appt we’ll schedule an MRI to get a better look at what cysts remain.
As always, continue to keep her in your prayers and thoughts- and thank you!
Mar 10
Smushing it all together
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Monday Mar 10, 2008 Under Andrew, Mary ElizabethWOW I certainly made my plate fuller than it had to be!!! I fit in
everything I could and had to do BEFORE surgery tomorrow that my eyes
are litterally dropping as I type this but this was on my to-do list
too!
Between christening invitations (which I still have about
10 more to do), Easter Bunny, Easter photos, Work, pre-op and doctor
appointments- it’s not surprising the last week just FLEW by!
So
please keep Mary Elizabeth in your prayers for a SUCCESSFUL surgery,
with NO COMPLICATIONS, with an EASY RECOVERY, MINIMAL SWELLING and so
on and so forth. Think of me at 5am tomorrow (oh that’s IF you are up-
doubtful huh) when I’m leaving the house with 2 children and my hubby
heading for NYC! But really, think of Mary Elizabeth – she’s getting
older, more aware and hopefully she’ll manage well as it must be
overwhelming and hard, ya know. I’ll be sure to update this as soon as
I can after surgery is done. As a reminder this is the Sclerotherapy
Injections to the cysts along her jaw/neckline and she had a great deal
of swelling and discomfort for a while last time, the swelling took
weeks and weeks to go down. So we’re definitely hoping for more ease in
that department.
Anyway here are some very very adorable photos- I must brag as I did everything I could to get this done!!!
